Did Stunt By Radio Producer Show Just A Wee Bit Of Bad Taste?

Did he or didn't he? That is a question only a few select people know for certain.

Did Nick the Producer (Nick Lentino) of WMRQ-FM's (104.1) ``Dee Snider Radio'' actually drink a cup of his own urine on Wednesday's morning show? Or is the whole thing just a stunt to hike ratings?

``You can't fake something like that,'' says Lentino, 27. ``People called and said, `Don't do it.' But I said I was going to do it. I proved I was a man of my word.''

It all started at the beginning of the week when the gang -- Dee Snider, Nick the Producer, Beth and Darkside -- were chatting about a news story that reported three million people in China drink their own urine for health reasons. Snider asked Lentino how much money it would take to get him to drink his own urine.

Just before he was about to quench his thirst, the station's program director called and offered him $100 not to do it. But Lentino couldn't be stopped. After all, he had virtually fasted that morning in preparation.

So at about 6:30 a.m., Lentino collected the specimen and placed it in the freezer until about 8:15 a.m.

``It tasted -- when it first went down -- like cold water because I had it in the freezer,'' he said. ``But the aftertaste was the worst thing I have ever experienced. It tasted like toilet.''

Can you be more specific please, for those of us who haven't licked the toilet?

``It was like having the smell of a bathroom at a major concert venue all encompassed in your mouth,'' he said. ``That stench of a bathroom being used by thousands of people.''

Believable? Lentino says he has two $50 bills from Snider.

Entertaining each other by digesting bodily fluids is not new for this group. Actually, ingesting urine is rather tame compared to past feasts. When Snider first came on the job, he ate placenta stew, prepared by the station's former promotions director. And Lentino tape-recorded a prostate exam that he played back on the air.